Archive
Region: West & Central Africa
Briefing | CREID, IDS, ODI
Death and Funerary Practices in the Context of Epidemics: Upholding the Rights of Religious Minorities
This working paper explores the challenges that emerge when public health measures to mitigate the risk of infection during an epidemic infringe on the rights of religious communities to say...
Briefing | SSHAP
The Context of Équateur Province, DRC
This brief summarises key considerations about the context of Équateur Province in relation to the outbreak, June 2018.
Strategy | SSHAP
Engaging Twa Communities in Équateur Province
This brief summarises key socio-anthropological considerations regarding ‘indigenous communities’ in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC, June 2018.
Briefing | SSHAP
Key considerations: health-seeking behaviours in Équateur Province, DRC
This brief summarises key socio-cultural considerations concerning health beliefs and health-seeking behaviour in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in Équateur Province, the DRC, June 2018.
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Gender Analysis: Prevention and Response to Ebola Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Analysis of the EVD crisis in North Kivu in order to provide information about the different needs, capacities and coping strategies of women, men, girls and boys during the EVD...
Briefing | SSHAP
Uganda-DRC cross-border dynamics
This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and surrounding...
Briefing | SSHAP
Rwanda – DRC cross border dynamics, April 2019
This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri...
Report | IDS, SSHAP, UNICEF
Social Science in Epidemics: Ebola Virus Disease Lessons Learned
In this series past outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social science ‘entry points’ for emergency interventions and preparedness activities.
Briefing | K4D helpdesk service
Lessons learned from Ebola outbreak 9 in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The report presents a brief background on situational factors in Equateur province of relevance to emergency health interventions, and a short summary of the 2018 Ebola outbreak and sequencing of...
Article | University of Sussex
Comparison of Social Resistance to Ebola Response in Sierra Leone and Guinea Suggests Explanations Lie in Political Configurations not Culture
Case study | SSHAP
Balancing Burial Rituals with Public Health Demands During the 2014 Guinean Ebola Epidemic
This SSHAP Case Study explains how an anthropologist negotiated a medically safe burial for a pregnant woman who had died of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in a Kissi community at...
Article | Anthrologica, CASS, UNICEF, University of Oxford
What questions we should be asking about COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: perspectives from the Social Sciences Analysis Cell in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
